City University of New York

During the 1880’s, St. Petersburg was a pine scrub village wanting to become a city. Northerner’s relocating to this town transformed it with their new ideas and cultural aspects. In the 1890’s, the location that was soon to become City Park was undesired because of its high grass, mud, puddles, and roaming wild animals. Wanting to make the park part of the community, in 1893 a group of women formed the Park Improvement Association. One of their projects was the William’s Park Bandstand which…

If I were to be in the Intercounty Electric Co-op, I would be a custodian. Custodian’s are very important to a electric co-op because, they are responsible for maintaining a work facility, daily cleaning, and needs for advancements of construction on facilities and grounds. I feel that I fit this job because I love cleaning, and it makes me feel stress free. In addition I wouldn’t mind doing the dirty jobs of it all, it doesn’t bug me to get dirty. Just think cleaning and getting payed would be…

Imagine a 747 plane crashing through the side of a building causing mass chaos, injury, and death. This is exactly what happened on September 11th 2001. A 747 plane crashed into the side of the north twin tower setting fire to the biggest skyscrapers. Following this another plane crashed into the adjessent south tower. No one was prepared, people were running for their lives, jumping out of the sides of the tower, and worst of all people lost their lives. How could anyone have predicted this…

prices go down and so these gangs compete more and switch to different crimes to make their meet to get more drugs and guns. (9)Gangsters kill each other and become ruthless, and through selling drugs, becomes a dominating force in almost every major city in the…

this paper I am going to talk about AMC's humble beginnings, it's innovations and its success in becoming the largest theater company in the world. I'm going to begin with, how the seed of AMC was planted. AMC Theaters achieved its start in Kansas City thanks to the Dubinsky brothers; Maurice, Barney, and Edward. The brothers were originally traveling actors With Jeanne Eagles. They performed melodramas all over the United States, but upon moving to the Midwest permanently, everything…

A major leak affecting the United States currently was the recent release of the names of companies, government agencies and organizations that had called D.C. Madame’s escort service between 2000 and 2006. Deborah Jeane Palfrey, also referred to as D.C. Madame, is accused by federal prosecutors of running a prostitution ring earning more than $2 million over thirteen years. Palfrey’s business began in 1993 and she contends that her escort service was legitimate. As Palfrey’s lawyer,…

Dear Cousin Angela, Cousin Angela this place is beautiful.It feels great to be a free women in New York. Although the journey here was rough, it was well worth it. I miss you and the family dearly. I would like the tell you about my endeavor from Italy to Ellis Island. After living in poverty in Italy, I knew it was time to start my journey to Ellis Island. By train I rode hundreds of miles until I found a seaport. There I boarded a steamship, where I was put in the steerage. Many people…

America and being pounded with a language that was so unfamiliar from what I had been hearing all of my life was a literal nightmare for my ten-year-old self. While I first landed at the Chicago Airport, I had no idea that I was beginning a new life in a new country with people who looked, sounded, and behaved so differently than me. This experience is something that I now look back on and realize how different it was for me to relate to. The first day of middle school was a complete shock. I…

Just like Lizet eventually finds her way through her home and place, I wanted my new home to be far enough where I could learn to be more independent. Because of the smaller class setting where I’m a name and not just a number, I find that sense of being able to recognize the people in my classes as really important. The social aspect is a huge factor for me because I enjoy talking and meeting new people from all different backgrounds and aspects. For example, after being born and raised in a…

freedom can steer everybody differently. For me, it threw me across the country to a city where I didn't know a single soul. My transition to had two phases. Phase one: The first four months was, in short, blissful uncertainty. The too-good-to-be-true job had me packing my bags without a second thought. Up to that point, everything in my life had…